Angkor Tiger FC

Angkor Tiger Football Club is a football club based in Siem Reap, Cambodia.[1] It plays in the Cambodian League, the top division of Cambodian football. The club is currently owned by Japanese businessman Akihiro Kato.[2]

Angkor Tiger Football Club
Full nameAngkor Tiger Football Club
Nickname(s)The Tiger, Siem Reap Tiger
Founded2015 (2015)
GroundSRU Stadium
Capacity5,000
OwnerAkihiro Kato
ManagerYusuke Shinoda
CoachOriol Mohedano
LeagueCambodian League
20207th
WebsiteClub website

The foundation of the Cambodian terrain that has been filled with red and blue is the color of Cambodia's national flag, with a brave figure of tiger standing for the strength of the symbol on it, to express the strong burly club.

Kits

Angkor Tiger's home kit is white and orange. Their away kit is a black and orange uniform. The kits are manufactured by Acuore.

Spectators

Angkor Tiger FC has many enthusiastic fans.

In 2018, at the Cambodia Football Award which was hosted by the Cambodian Football League, they won the award for The most popular club in Cambodia.[3]

The average number of spectators per game this year is 1,900.

In the game against Boeung Ket Angkor FC in September, the 4,267 spectators was recorded.

In 2019, they recorded 3,090 spectators in the game against Boeung Ket Angkor FC in Section 3, and 4,377 in the game against Visakha FC in Section 5.

Current players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  CAM Chea Vansak
3 DF  CAM Sraing Titchhy
4 DF  CAM Chhong Bunnath
5 DF  CAM Keo Sarat
6 MF  CAM Chan Sophea
7 MF  CAM Thorn Seyha
8 MF  JPN Kosuke Uchida
9 FW  CAM Long Phearath
11 FW  TGA Ata Inia
14 FW  CAM Sovan Dauna
18 DF  CAM Seut Baraing (on loan from Phnom Penh Crown)
19 MF  BLR Maksim Taleyko
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  CAM Long Menghav
24 DF  CAM Moth Sattya
25 FW  CAM Dor Rozzan
26 GK  CAM Yi Bunheng
30 DF  CAM Tang Pisey
31 GK  CAM Non Nat
34 DF  CAM Chin Nareak
44 DF  CAM Chan Houng
77 MF  CAM Sophal Dimong
— DF  CAM Nu Chenmakara
— FW  BRA Eliel Guardiano

Achievements
3rd : 2015
Best 8 : 2016
Best 16 : 2016
Best 16 : 2017
Best 4 : 2018
5th : 2014
4th : 2015
6th : 2016
7th : 2017
7th : 2018

Head coaches
Name Nat Period Honours
Daisuke Yoshioka 2013–2015 2013 Cambodian Second League winner
2015 Hun Sen Cup third place
Masakazu Kihara 2015–2016
Hok Sochivorn 2016–2017
Kenichi Yatsuhashi 2017
Oriol Mohedano 2017– 2018 Hun Sen Cup third place

References
  1. https://angkor-tiger.com/en/
  2. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50733133/japanese-owned-teams-ready-for-mcl-2020-return/
  3. "Angkor Tiger FC". Makuake. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2019.


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